New Delhi, September 11 (IANS). The Modi government at the Centre has given a big gift to the elderly. A big decision has been taken for the elderly in the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to the decision of the Modi cabinet, all the elderly people above 70 years of age will be given the benefit of ‘Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana’. Which has been announced.
All senior citizens aged 70 years and above will get the benefit of this scheme. That is, now the central government has abolished the age limit for this scheme and has decided to provide health facility up to 5 lakhs under Ayushman Yojana to every senior citizen of 70 plus. There will be no income limit in this. That is, all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their socio-economic status, will be eligible to avail the benefits of this scheme.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav himself gave this information. After the cabinet meeting, Ashwini Vaishnav told the media, “PM Narendra Modi had committed that all senior citizens above the age of 70 years will be given coverage in Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana. There are many families who are already covered in it and have senior citizens in them. In such families, the additional top-up coverage will be Rs 5 lakh.”
The aim of expanding this facility is to benefit about 4.5 crore families, which include 6 crore senior citizens. They will get free health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family.
In the year 2017, the Modi government started this scheme under the National Health Policy. Under this scheme, free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh can be availed in the identified government and private hospitals across the country after getting covered under this scheme. There is also a provision to pay medical expenses 10 days before and after hospitalization under this scheme. However, there are some states which have refused to implement this scheme and the state government is running its own scheme there.
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